GENETIC DISORDERS SERIES What is Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome?
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) is a rare inherited disease, named after two doctors in Czechoslovakia who, in 1959, recognized similar health conditions in two unrelated adults.Since the discovery of HPS, the condition has occurred all over the world but is most common in Puerto Rico.The most common health conditions with HPS are albinism, the tendency to bleed easily, and pulmonary fibrosis.To date, there have been eight different genes identified (HPS1HPS8).
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